Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Scientific

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Sales Skills List in Scientific

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 49% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
49%
sales executive
32%
chemistry
21%
business development
21%
technical sales
21%
field sales
18%
scientific background
14%
genomics
14%
food industry
14%
negotiation
14%
bakery
14%
scientific research
11%
laser
11%
lifesciences
11%
international travel
11%
customer service
11%
graduate level
11%
sales consultant
11%
physics
11%
photonics
11%
optoelectronics
11%
chromatography
11%
sales team
7%
molecular biology
7%
dna sequencing
7%
analytical chemistry
7%
graduate recruitment
7%
physical sciences
7%
capital equipment
7%
sales management
7%
sales engineering
7%
quotations
4%
service sales
4%
mass spec
4%
gas chromatography
4%
international sales
4%
b2b sales
4%
biomedical
4%
healthcare
4%
management
4%
oems
4%
universities
4%
outbound calls
4%
technical support
4%
optical engineering
4%
customer support
4%
optics
4%
account management
4%
customer driven
4%
biology
4%
commercial awareness
4%
laboratory equipment
4%
sales, account management
4%
sample preparation
4%
design development
4%
clinical background
4%
communication skills
4%
critical thinking
4%
innovation
4%
materials science
4%
nanomaterials
4%
nanoparticles
4%
natural sciences
4%
pharmaceutical
4%
surface modification
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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